Saint George Terminal

St. George
Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
From street
Station statistics
Address	One Bay Street Staten Island, NY 10301
Borough	Staten Island
Locale	St. George
Coordinates	40°38′36″N 74°4′27″W / 40.64333°N 74.07417°W / 40.64333; -74.07417 (St. George station)Coordinates: 40°38′36″N 74°4′27″W / 40.64333°N 74.07417°W / 40.64333; -74.07417 (St. George station)
Services	SIR Main Line
Connection	Staten Island Ferry, local bus routes
Structure	Open-cut[1]
Platforms	6 island platforms (5 in regular service)
Tracks	12 (10 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	July 31, 1884[2]
Accessible
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station Terminus Main Line Tompkinsville toward Great Kills or Tottenville Main Line AM rush hour express service New Dorp toward Tottenville Main Line PM rush hour express service Great Kills toward Tottenville Main Line Dongan Hills toward Great Kills or Tottenville Richmond County Bank Ballpark toward Port Ivory North Shore Branch closed Terminus

Saint George Terminal is a park and ride and sea, railway, and bus transit center in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, at the intersection of Richmond Terrace and Bay Street, near Staten Island Borough Hall, Richmond County Bank Ballpark and Richmond County Supreme Court.

Staten Island Ferry

The Saint George Ferry Terminal is one of two terminals of the Staten Island Ferry. The other is Whitehall Terminal, on the southern tip of Manhattan near Battery Park. The Staten Island Ferry runs a 24-hour service between the two.

The Staten Island Ferry annually carries over 19 million passengers on a 5.2 mile (8.4 km) run that takes approximately 25 minutes each way. Each day approximately five boats transport about 75,000 passengers during 104 boat trips. Over 33,000 trips are made annually.

During rush hours, ferries usually run every 15 and 20 minute intervals, decreasing to 30 minutes during the mid-days and evenings, and every 60 minutes ( 30 minutes in late 2015 ) during very late or early morning hours (the midnight hours). At weekends ferries run every 30 and 60 minutes. In November 2006, additional ferries running every 30 minutes were provided during the weekend morning hours - the most significant change in the ferry schedule for about 3 decades.

Staten Island Railway

The rail station is the northern terminus of the main line of the Staten Island Railway. Service is provided 24 hours a day, every day. It is also one of two stations that require the US$2.75 fare on entry and exit, the other being Tompkinsville. This station is handicapped accessible and it is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.^[3][4]

This station is open cut with a four-lane bus terminal and parking lot above it. The station has five active platforms and ten tracks, numbered 1 through 10 from east to west. All tracks end at bumper blocks at their northern ends. There is also a sixth platform to the west that is a passageway to the North Municipal Parking Field on Richmond Terrace, and towards Richmond County Bank Ballpark, one of two access points to this station. The track ballast is present through this construction zone. The mezzanine area has separate fare control areas, east side for entering passengers, and west side for exiting. Station booths and MetroCard vending machines are located on both sides. Just before each platform bay are the old destination indicators to the left and right of each platform entrance, corresponding to each departing track. There are green bulbs above these displays that indicate where the next train will be leaving from. This station originally opened with nothing overhead, no bus bays, no ramps. It was the site of a 1949 fire that nearly destroyed the terminal.

Station layout

G Street level Exit/Entrance, bus terminal, to Staten Island Ferry (Use north side elevator (Elevator PE-W) for bus/taxi, ferry or subway levels. Use south side elevator (Elevator PE-S) for passenger drop-off, or ferry levels.) P Platforms Track 12 No regular service Island platform, not in service Track 11 No regular service Track 10 ← [note 1] Island platform, doors will open on the left, right Track 9 ← [note 1] Track 8 ← [note 1] Island platform, doors will open on the left, right Track 7 ← [note 1] Track 6 ← [note 1] Island platform, doors will open on the left, right Track 5 ← [note 1] Track 4 ← [note 1] Island platform, doors will open on the left, right Track 3 ← [note 1] Track 2 ← [note 1] Island platform, doors will open on the left, right Track 1 ← [note 1] ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Main toward Tottenville (Tompkinsville) (No service: Richmond County Bank Ballpark)

New York City Bus

Bus at St. George Ferry Terminal

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates a number of bus routes in Staten Island, New York, United States. Some of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Staten Island).

Departures are given below by loading bay.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Staten Island Ferry.

• Staten Island current ferry fleet
• Entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Train at the terminal from Google Maps Street View